Jeremy Hsieh

Local News Reporter, KTOO

I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?

Newscast – Monday, Aug. 1, 2022

In this newscast: Early voting begins for the Aug. 16 elections; Candidates for Alaska’s U.S. House seat appear at a candidate forum; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve starts its own cruise ship monitoring program; Some refugees from Ukraine are living aboard a former state ferry in Ketchikan; Wildlife monitors in Metlakatla collect the live invasive European green crabs for the first time 

Newscast – Friday, July 29, 2022

In this newscast: Alaska records its first case of monkeypox; Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs a bill that lets tribes apply to create their own public schools; A preview of local election ballot questions coming  up in Monday’s Juneau Assembly meeting; Conditions in global energy markets are making liquefied natural gas projects more attractive; A labor union negotiates a tentative contract to make some of Alaska Airlines workers the highest paid employees in the industry 

Newscast – Thursday, July 28, 2022

In this newscast: Congress passes a $280 billion bill to subsidize domestic production of computer chips; The public comment period closes soon on NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center draft research plans on climate change; Federal officials announce plans to spend $401 million in grants and loans to expand internet for rural parts of 11 states including Alaska; Four children are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Fairbanks; Ironman Alaska athletes scramble to get their bikes to Juneau in time for the race; The Sitka Tribe of Alaska is expanding surveys to see where the local herring egg harvest ends up; Researchers try to refine how they count a declining Aleutian tern population when its range is almost 10,000 miles; The Tanana Valley State Fair bans poultry because of the threat of avian influenza

Newscast – Wednesday, July 27, 2022

In this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital names its next CEO; The state reports 123 new COVID cases in Juneau over the last week; Republican Tara Sweeney sets her eyes on the regular election cycle in her campaign for Congress;  An invasive species of crab is discovered in Alaska for the first time; Gas prices are falling much slower in Alaska than elsewhere in the country; The National Weather Service says a glacial dam release is underway on the Taku River 

Newscast – Tuesday, July 26, 2022

In this newscast: Only incumbents file to run in Juneau’s local elections; The state Department of Law lays out the limits of using state funds for homeschool on private classes; Village public safety officers train on how to respond to opioid overdoses; Seafood processors in Petersburg are working 17-hour shifts because chum salmon is coming in volumes they’ve never seen before; Wrangell’s annual Bearfest comes out of pandemic hibernation this week

Newscast – Monday, July 25, 2022

In this newscast: Alaska public health officials are preparing as monkeypox spreads across the country; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tests positive for COVID-19; Experts in Skagway warn of significant risk of rockslides at the town’s busiest cruise ship dock; The state’s June labor report shows job numbers growing but not to pre-pandemic levels; A new veterans cemetery opens in Metlakatla; State health officials expand a program to combat opioid overdoses 

Newscast – Friday, July 22, 2022

In this newscast: Alaska land burned by wildfires this season crosses the 3 million acre mark; Alaskans are coping with one of the highest inflation jumps in the nation; The Alaska Court System prepares to open a new program to resolve eviction cases without going to court; Gov. Mike Dunleavy plans to sign a bill into law for the state to recognize Alaska’s 229 federally recognized Native tribes; Juneau’s animal shelter has too many cats; Local agencies are conducting an emergency exercise at Juneau International Airport on Saturday; The National Park Service names Denali National Park and Preserve’s first female superintendent 

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